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by Willa Cather
3.7(5,064)
In the fading light of the American West, a young man watches the captivating, yet ultimately tragic, unraveling of a charismatic woman whose decline mirrors the very frontier she embodies.
by Robert Arthur
4.0(5,061)
Three young detectives searching for a genuinely haunted house for a film set find more than they bargained for when an overnight stay at a deceased horror actor's 'Terror Castle' reveals its chilling namesake.
by Darren Shan
4.2(5,061)
In a land where compassion is a crime, a scrawny executioner's son goes on a brutal quest with a slave destined for sacrifice, seeking unholy power to reclaim his family's honor and become the kingdom's most lethal killer.
by Amish Tripathi
4.3(5,060)
A Tibetan immigrant named Shiva is drawn into a war-torn ancient India, where he must confront ancient evils, uncover devastating secrets, and embrace his destiny as the god Mahadev.
by Ashwin Sanghi
3.8(5,052)
World leaders are mysteriously assassinated, leading a reclusive scientist at Milesian Labs in the Himalayas to uncover an ancient galactic secret that could save or doom humanity, connecting millennia of history from Rama to Nalanda.
by C.G. Jung
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Ancient myths and personal dreams meet to show how universal patterns of the human mind shape our individual lives and shared future.
by Preeti Shenoy
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A woman's secret wish list, born from a life-altering kiss at sixteen, forces her to confront an extramarital affair and rediscover the true meaning of love eighteen years later.
by L.J. Smith
4.1(5,049)
A vampire lord from another century hunts for his destined soulmate, Hannah, whose present life of academic promise is shattered by fragmented memories of a past he desperately wants to revisit, even as her prophesied death looms.
by Lori Wick
4.0(5,045)
A commoner marries a widowed prince, who still grieves his first wife, and she must win his heart to secure their future.
by Alice Munro
4.1(5,044)
In 'Open Secrets,' Alice Munro explores the hidden lives of unconventional women across generations and continents, showing the quiet rebellions beneath seemingly ordinary lives.
by Anzia Yezierska
3.7(5,043)
In the chaotic Lower East Side of 1920s Manhattan, Sara Smolinsky, an Orthodox rabbi's daughter, makes her own way to independence against the rigid traditions of her upbringing.
by Giorgio Agamben
4.1(5,042)
Agamben explores how sovereign power historically reduces humans to 'naked life,' making them killable but un-sacrificable exceptions, a blueprint for modern biopolitical control.
by Gabrielle Roy
3.7(5,041)
In Montreal's Saint-Henri district, Florentine dreams of escaping her family's poverty and finding love, only to discover the harsh realities of sacrifice and fleeting hope during the Great Depression.
by Tarjei Vesaas
3.9(5,040)
After one transformative evening, Siss grapples with the void left by her new friend Unn's mysterious disappearance into a crystalline, deadly ice palace.
by Kathryn Lasky
4.0(5,037)
With war at hand and the Great Ga'Hoole Tree threatened by the Pure Ones, Soren must go undercover at St. Aegolius Academy to find a secret that can save his home and bring peace to the owl world.
by Lisi Harrison
3.8(5,035)
As the Pretty Committee navigates high school crushes and social climbing, Massie must decide if her new love is worth pursuing when a mysterious girl threatens her romance.
by William Shakespeare
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In a world of empires and shifting loyalties, the passion between Rome's general and Egypt's queen ignites a war that threatens to consume them both.
by Lois Duncan
3.8(5,028)
When a sinister cousin with an enchanting facade joins Rachel's family and steals her boyfriend, Rachel suspects only she sees the true evil beneath Julia's charm.
by Norman Maclean
4.1(5,027)
Haunted for forty years, a master storyteller reconstructs the horrific 1949 Mann Gulch fire, where a 'blowup' firestorm killed thirteen elite smokejumpers, unraveling a tragedy of nature's violence, human error, and the quest for truth.
by Michael Frayn
3.5(5,015)
In the quiet of post-war suburbia, two young boys turn their ordinary neighborhood into a spy game, only to uncover a darker, adult secret hidden beneath their innocent play.
by Tanuja Desai Hidier
3.8(5,015)
Caught between her parents' Indian traditions and the sudden trendiness of her heritage, Dimple Lala navigates high school, arranged introductions, and an unexpected nightclub encounter to discover that the 'suitable boy' might just be the one spinning a different kind of magic.
by Gordon Korman
4.0(5,009)
When a field trip to a rundown floating zoo reveals a classmate's missing monkey and many mistreated animals, Griffin Bing and his friends plan to free the creatures and take them to a better facility.
by Annie Proulx
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In the desolate Texas Panhandle, a naive young man's quest to scout locations for an industrial hog farm forces him to confront the fiercely individualistic locals and question his own understanding of ambition and belonging.
by David Hume
4.0(5,006)
Hume examines the logical basis of religious belief, miracles, and the soul's immortality through dialogues and essays that question common ideas.